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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destruction |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, bulldozing, explosion, extermination, knocking down, leveling, razing, wrecking |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, fixing, production, repair |
| Main Entry: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting with or throwing something away |
| Synonyms: | auctioning, bartering, chucking, clearance, conveyance, demolishing, demolition, destroying, destruction, discarding, dispatching, dispensation, disposition, dumping, ejection, jettison, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, removal, riddance, sacrifice, sale, scrapping, selling, trading, transfer, transference, vending |
| Antonyms: | hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation of devastation |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, bane, bankruptcy, bath, breakdown, collapse, confusion, crackup, crash, crumbling, damage, decay, defeat, degeneracy, degeneration, demolition, destitution, destruction, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, extinction, failure, fall, havoc, insolvency, loss, nemesis, overthrow, ruination, skids, subversion, the end, undoing, waste, waterloo, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation, development, growth |
| Main Entry: | sabotage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | damage |
| Synonyms: | demolition, destruction, disruption, impairment, injury, mischief, overthrow, subversion, subversiveness, treachery, treason, undermining, vandalism, wreckage, wrecking |
| Antonyms: | aiding, assistance, fix, help |
| Main Entry: | annihilation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Utter destruction. |
| Synonyms: | decimation, demolishment, demolition, destruction, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, liquidation, massacre, obliteration, ruin, slaughter |
| Main Entry: | undermining |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sabotage |
| Synonyms: | demolition, destruction, disruption, impairment, injury, mischief, overthrow, subversion, subversiveness, treachery, treason, vandalism, wreckage, wrecking |
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